Caitriona Balfe Quotes

I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated.

Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.

I refused to learn English for two years when we moved to London, hoping to send my family back home. It was tough, but at the same time, it has given me a sense of displacement that actually really suits the life that I'm living now.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

I remember being this little girl missing her daddy and living so far away in France and from anything that was familiar to me. I felt so different and so isolated. When you're removed from everything that's familiar, you realize who you are.

I didn't know a soul when I got to New York, and I felt really displaced. The first week I was euphoric, and then I realized how isolating the city can be.

I came over when I was 10 years old, which was very difficult because everybody made fun of me.

Sometimes you just have to let go of the old and trust that something better is going to take its place, even if it's scary to face change and the unknown.

We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person.

When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definitely a culture shock. But it was a really interesting time to be there. I didn't entirely realize how different it is from the States. I just accepted it because I was there and my parents needed to be there.

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

I did take a huge leap moving countries. People have no idea how huge it is to relocate overseas. Finding your new life alone is enormous, and then starting a new career in Hollywood is so big.

In Italy, where I live now, I have put some distance between myself and the world that has formed me.

I went to play in Brazil when I had just turned 18 and was the world's top junior player. I got to the airport, and no one knew who I was. I couldn't speak any Portuguese, and no one spoke English. Then someone said something that resembled 'tennis,' and I went with that.

Leaving home early is always complicated. But when I arrived in Germany, I encountered an incredible structure built by the company that takes care of my career. They did not leave me wanting for anything. The most complicated thing was really the language. Otherwise, everything was taken care of.

It is not always easy to change country.

The first season in a new country like England is very difficult.

I used to travel a lot as a kid and when I first moved to England I felt lonely and my parents were splitting up at the time.

It is not easy to arrive in a different country and adapt quickly, but I think I'm getting there, and I'm proud of that.

It's difficult to adapt to Barcelona.

After coming to India, I have felt the loneliest I have ever been in my life. I don't have a support system here.

When I first came to this country I was this new kid from the Caribbean. England was a rude awakening for me.

The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.

You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.

When you are in a new country, and you are alone and know that your family don't stay here, it is not simple.